There are 1,300+ Toxic waste Sites on the EPA's National priorities (NPL) list

500 of these sites are within a mile of public housing, predominantly impacting minorities, elderly, and disabled. 56,000,000 Americans live within 3 miles of a Superfund site. 15% are children.

National Priorities ListNPL Wikipedia

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PROPOSED

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CURRENT

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CLEANED UP

What is the Superfund?

The United States federal Superfund law is officially known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). The federal Superfund program, administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is designed to investigate and clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances. Sites managed under this program are referred to as “Superfund” sites.

The National Priorties List (NPL) is the list of the worst of the worst Superfund sites.

REGULATIONS

We are the watchdogs watchdogging the federal watchdogs who are entrusted to protect us but often don’t…

We provide independent regulatory investigations, regulating the regulators by analyzing their records and searching for errors or ommissions that allow us to challenge ongoing projects, assess water systems, and mantain integrity in the U.S. regulatory environment.  Click the “learn more” button to explore each regulation.  

Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 (SDWA)

SDWA is the primary U.S. federal law, passed in 1974 and overseen by the EPA, that protects public health by setting national standards for drinking water quality, regulating over 90 contaminants for public water systems.

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Clean Water Act of 1972 (CWA)

CWA is the primary U.S. law protecting water quality, aiming to “restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation’s waters” by making pollution illegal, setting standards, and regulating discharges into navigable waters like rivers and wetlands.

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Endangered Species Act  of 1973 (ESA)

ESA is a U.S. law that protects and conserves endangered and threatened species of plants and animals, as well as the ecosystems they depend on.

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National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

NEPA is a foundational U.S. law from 1970 that requires federal agencies to assess and disclose the environmental impacts of major proposed actions.

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Convicted: Warren County Economic Development Authority Leader Sentenced to 14 years in Prison

In 2017, we investgated and exposed a massive embezzlement scheme surrounding the redevelopment of the Avtex Superfund Site, in Front Royal, Virginia. Two years later, every official in the county was indicited, including the sheriff. The ringleader, Jennifer McDonald, is now serving 14 years in prision.  

Burbank, California TCE Campaign

There is a 7 mile wide plume of Trichloroethelyne under Burbank and North Hollywood.  This campaign secured 46,000 local viewers in one day, exposing LA Times and the EPA for failing to educate the public about this massive toxic incident. 

Expanded Investigatory Work

Data Mining

We build software based data mining tools to aid in large format records gathering from public sources.

FOIA – Public Records

We do Freedom of Information Act, Public Records Act, and Sunshine records gathering efforts, and real world data gathering from public librariies, all over the US.

Newsroom Support

We investigate, research, source, obtain whistleblower statements, create news footage, and build powerful multi-sourced stories on emerging contaminates.

Public Education

We buildppwerful, immersive, viral media campaigns, to aid in building public and media support for environmental related causes.

Poison in the Grapes Superfund Site Exposure Film

Our founder’s neighrbohood is the site of Department of Defense managed Superfund toxic waste site where the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) was dumping live bombs next to an elementary school and the metal was smelted, leaking 30+ chemicals and heavy metals into the neighborhood, lakes, and Ohio Erie Canal. 

Federal Clean Up Maps

Clicking these links will open up three new windows and give you a full view of the clean up efforts in the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency

The United States Environmental Protection is the primary clean up agency in the U.S.  Click on the link below to see an interactive map of clean ups

Interactive Toxic Waste Site Map

Department of Defense

The United Stated Department of Defense has it’s own clean up program and manages some EPA clean ups.  Click on the link below to see an interactive map of clean ups 

Interactive Toxic Waste Site Map

Department of Energy

The United States Department of Energy manages former nuclear sites, energy sites, uraniun mining clean ups and other energy related remediations. Click on the link below to see and interactive map of clean ups. 

Interactive Toxic Waste Site Map

Asheville, North Carolina CTS Superfund Site Interviews 

The U.S. EPA denied the area was polluted for 9 years until local activist stood up to fight.  The neighborhood was evacuated.  Residents tell their stories. 

Environmental News

Activist Matthew Berdyck Demands Federal Review of Depleted Uranium Project After DOE Report Found “Critically Incomplete”

Jonesborough, TN — [12/5/2015] — On Tuesday, ToxicWasteSites.org founder, Matthew Berdyck, issued a legal demand letter to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)[…]

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Moab UMTRA Celebrates Removal Of 15 Tons Of Toxic Waste

Reprinted from Energy.govEM crews began removing tailings from the Moab Site in 2009. In recent years, they have transported approximately 1 million tons of tailings for disposal per year, resulting[…]

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Morris Operation Decommissioned

The Morris Operation, the nations only permanent storage facility for high level transuranic toxic waste, is set to be decommissioned. Situated adjacent from Dresden Nuclear Power Plant, in Morris Illinois,[…]

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